Muncie, Pendleton men killed in head-on crash on Ind. 67 east of Daleville

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Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Emergency workers respond at the scene of a fatal accident involving two trucks on State Road 67 near County Road 600 W. Thursday evening. According to police, two victims were killed in a crash that involved two pickup trucks. Several attempts were made to extract the victims from their vehicles as lifeline helicopters flew to the scene. The incident is still under investigation. Jordan Kartholl / Star Press

Both drivers were still alive when emergency personnel arrived, in Salem Township between Delaware County Road 600-W and 550-S, but later died at the scene.

The collision was reported about 5:45 p.m.

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Two people were killed in a head on collision on State Road 67 near CR 600 W. between 6 and 7 p.m. Thursday.
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Authorities said one of the vehicles – an extended cab pickup truck driven by Scott Richard Chambers, 55, of Pendleton – was traveling westbound on the four-lane state highway when it crossed the center line.

That vehicle collided head-on with the other pickup truck, which had been eastbound, and was driven by Braxton Lee Patton of Muncie.

The extended cab truck, with massive front-end damage, came to rest facing eastbound. Chambers was extricated from his vehicle, placed in a nearby ambulance, and then taken to a nearby medical helicopter, which remained on the highway for several minutes while resuscitation efforts were made.

The other truck, severely damaged, came to rest in a yard on the south side of the highway. Repeated efforts to remove Patton from the wreckage continued until it was determined the young Muncie man had died.

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A short time later, the rotors on the helicopter where Chambers was being treated stopped running. The Pendleton man's body was then removed from the aircraft on a stretcher and returned to an ambulance, which would remain at the scene for several minutes.

Delaware County Coroner Scott Hahn received phone calls a few minutes apart, about 7 p.m., informing him that first one victim and then the other had died.

Hahn said autopsies would be conducted Friday at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital.

Traffic in all lanes of the highway was stopped for about two hours after the collision.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation. The Delaware County sheriff's accident reconstruction team was at the scene late Thursday.

Douglas Walker is a news reporter at The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at dwalker@muncie.gannett.com.